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Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the release of ‘1984’, the first cut from Axis Swim Scar, the debut album by dream-pop architects The October Solution (Drew Sullivan of Slow Dancing Society and City of Satellites, and Jarrod Manuel of City of Satellites). While...

It’s hard to believe Sicilian quintet HC-B released their masterpiece Soundcheck for a Missing Movie back in 2009. Those who thought this was the last great sonic document from the band will be pleased to know it’s not and that we have some exciting news...

Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the new EP To Set The River On Fire, the first in an ongoing “versus” remix series which sees two Hidden Shoal artists remix each other’s music. We have a cracker to start things off – English dream-pop artist Chloë March...

The ridiculously talented Ian Hazeldine (aka Antonymes) has produced a stunning mixtape for Headphone Commute entitled The Spaces Between Seconds. Let’s hand it over to the man himself to explain, “When Headphone Commute asked me to produce a mix I was...

On the latest Hidden Shoal mixtape, German ambient artist Kryshe picked tracks from cherished albums he owns on vinyl. The mix traces a line from ’70s German kosmische through to Talk Talk’s majestic ‘Wealth’, taking in instrumental touchstones...

Hidden Shoal is extremely excited to announce the signing of Belgium-based project Battlestations. All four Battlestations releases join the Hidden Shoal catalogue and are available for licensing (film, TV, games, compilations), plus a new album currently being worked...

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“london based dream pop chanteuse chloe march has released a second spaced out music video from her excellent current album, ‘nights bright days’. this new tune, ‘orpheus head’, is a crystalline ballad of obsession that has chloe creating...

“Now five albums deep into a well-developed and diverse career within your basic experimental ambient/drone/noise framework, Germany’s Markus Mehr returned late last year with his latest album Binary Rooms, pushing his emotionally-charged sonic sculptures into...

“Best Albums of 2014 – A remotely composed album between an American and a Belgian trading their material only on the Internet, Revolving Maze overcomes borders on multiple dimensions. Mixing cinematic compositions ala Craig Armstrong, trip-hop, IDM,...

“Today I’m sharing a new video for a really cool electronic driven instrumental track from the international duo Involved. I don’t share a lot of videos unless it’s the only way to share a song, but sometimes the artistic element of a video plus the mood of the...

“Todd Tobias, best known for his time and work with Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices, recently released Impossible Cities, and now he offers a tasty new track, “Kur,” for free download. The song trudges at a steady pace with heavy drums and raging guitar while...

“Another outstanding hybrid of electronica and ambient rock from one from the best modern exponents of a style that some also might call (ahem) shoegaze or (cough) post-rock. This is American composer Drew Sullivan’s sixth release as Slow Dancing Society,...